Shaft attachment for vehicle-runners.



0; G. RUDE.

SHAFT ATTACHMENT FOR VEHICLE BUNNBRS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 20, 1912.

Patented July 28, 1914.

q/vi/Iwwoow THE NORRIS PETERS 60., F'HOTO-LI'IIHQ, WASHINGTON, D4 C.

OLE G. RUDE, 0F SACRED HEART, MINNESOTA.

SHAFT ATTACHMENT FOR VEHICLE-RUNNERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July as, 1914.

Application filed April 20, 1912. eria1 No. 692,023.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, OLE G. RUDE, a citi- 7 I1of the United States, residing at Sacred Heart, in the county ofRenville, State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Shaft Attachments for Vehicle-Runners; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear,- and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to means for attaching the shafts to a buggy orother vehicle which has been converted into a sleigh by removing thewheels therefrom.

The invention has for its object to provide a device of this characterso constructed that the shafts may be removed from the usual clipscarried by the axle of the vehicle and connected in the advance thereof.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certainnovel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts aswill be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a fragmentary side elevation of avehicleshowing the device applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 33 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4is a sectional view on line 4l1 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a. detailedperspective view of the attaching slide. Fig. 6 is a sectional view online 66 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 designates the front axle of avehicle, the usual wheels being removed therefrom, and runners 2substitutedtherefor, it being of course understood that runners havealso been substituted for the rear wheels (not shown). The runners 2 areconnected to the front axle 1 by clips 3 which embrace the ends of theaxles, said clips being connected to the upper ends of the bracebars 1.Upon the usual shafts 5 being disconnected from the clips 6 carried bythe front axle, the inner ends of the hitch members 7 are connectedthereto, as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawing, said hitch membersconsisting of a single length of metal and bent to form a. pair ofspaced parallel bars 8, the outer ends of which are'fiush against eachother, as at 9, and held in their spaced relation by an offset 10. Thebars 8 are each provided with a pair of spaced perforations 11, arrangedin registered relation for receiving bolts 11, and by which the ends ofthe shafts 5 may be connected. vious that the shafts may have theirinnerends connected to either one of the perforations 11 thus positioning thedraft animal nearer or farther away from the vehicle, as desired.

Slidably mounted upon the outer ends of the bars 8 are brackets 12, eachof which is provided with a perforated extension 13 which is adapted toregister with the internally threaded sleeve, 14, which is mounted inthe upturned end 15 of each of the runners 2. A bolt 16. is passedthrough the perforated extension 13 and engages the sleeve ll, thuseffectually supporting the hitch It is obv members 7 at their outerends. From this construction, it will be seen that by providing thebrackets '12, the hitch bars are adapted to be readily attached torunners of different lengths. v:

It is obvious that a vehicletongue may be conveniently connected to thehitch bars in lieu of the shaft, and as the same. may

require. 7 What is claimed 1s:

so i

The combination with the front axle of a vehicle, of runners connectedthereto, clips 1 carriedv by the front axle, hitch members having theirinner ends connected to 'said' the inner ends of a vehicle. shaft to thehitch members. I

In testimony whereof,'I affix my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

Witnesses BERT, LISTERUD, CLARENCE To'LLnrsoN.

OLE o. noon 1 Copies of this patent maybe obtained for five cents each,byfaddressing' the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. O.

